News blog about 1. FC Cologne
Wedding shortly before Christmas: FC star says yes
Updated 12/23/2025 – 3:58 p.mReading time: 4 minutes
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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
From a sporting perspective, Luca Waldschmidt experienced an unfortunate end to the year. The offensive player was missing in the 0-1 win against Union Berlin, the sixth game without a win in a row 1. FC Cologne due to illness. But a private highlight makes Waldschmidt rejoice shortly before Christmas: the former national player married his girlfriend Gianna.
The 29-year-old posted a photo on Instagram on Tuesday showing the two of them after the civil wedding. The couple stretch their arms up in joy, and the FC professional writes: “Mr & Mrs. Waldschmidt.” Incidentally, the two met at Geißbockheim when Gianna was doing an internship in the media department.
Monday, December 22, 2025
The 1st FC Cologne travels to the winter training camp in La Nucia/Spain on January 2nd. The billy goats will move into their hotel in the Barcelo La Nucia Hills and will complete their sessions at the Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano facility. The only test match of the training camp will take place on Monday, January 5th.
From 3:30 p.m. FC will face FC Lugano. The first division team in Switzerland is competing with Kevin Behrens, among others. The striker was once on the list of possible new signings at FC before he fell into disrepute at VfL Wolfsburg due to homophobic comments.
After the friendly, the FC will fly from Spain to Memmingen on January 9th and travel to the away game at 1. FC Heidenheim. This will increase on January 10th with the direct competitor for relegation in the Bundesliga.
Sunday, December 21, 2025
At least from a visual point of view, Lukas Kwasniok was able to score in 1. FC Köln’s 0-1 defeat against Union Berlin. The Billy Goats coach, who always stood on the sidelines in a jersey at the start of the season in the summer, was wearing a Christmas sweater on Saturday afternoon.
Afterwards, Kwasniok explained his strange outfit as follows: “As a trainer, I am a running advertising column. I wanted to spice up the merchandising a little with the sweater.” In that case that wouldn’t have been necessary at all, the so-called “FC Schäbbisch sweater” (price 59.95 euros) has already been sold out in the fan shop for two weeks.